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price was high enough. $1.50 for the brown polka dot, with the jacket. A plain dress is $1.00.
When I came home I decided I had time to shampoo my hair over again. I did it yesterday, but with the hard water etc. the soap would not get out no matter how much I rinsed it. I went to the drug store and bought some borax as well as a 24 cent bottle of cocoanut shampoo - and it certainly did wonders. I also rinsed in vinegar, much to the surprise of the ladies in the house. The water in the cold faucet was almost boiling - it felt that warm - and I had to get a pitcher of cold water to cool it before I could wash my hair in it.
About noon it began to pour rain - and when it pours it does just that. This type of rain hard and clear up lasted until early evening.  
After dinner we went to see G-Men. We sat in the balcony (highest priced next to boxes) as we weren't sure that many white people sat downstairs. However, in the future we can save our 25 cents and sit downstairs, where most people sit. When I

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say most, I do  not mean any great number. I doubt whether there were 100 people in the orchestra that night. The Pit - where most of the negroes go, is always fairly well crowded. The picture was fairly good, but the short subjects were pretty terrible. The ads of an East Indian picture "Bala Joban" were in a way interesting, because of the music and dancing, as well as amusing because of their crudeness.

[[double underlined]] Tuesday, December 3rd. [[/underlined]]
  I went to town this morning, and I certainly did a lot of walking around. I bought some paper and I will have my name and address printed on it. Total cost $3.36 for 100 [[strikethrough]] 0 [[/strikethrough]] sheets of paper [[strikethrough]] printed [[/strikethrough]] and 300 envelopes printed, plus 200 sheets unprinted. Tried to buy some Christmas seals or stickers to put on our postcard Xmas cards, but no such thing available. I started to walk up Abercromby, and just as I got to the square it began to sprinkle. From there on I ran most of the way, and Dick met me with an umbrella a block from the house. He said it had poured out here. Naturally I arrived home pretty wet and that from running not rain.